A compact flock of starlings swarms in the sky prior to roosting. The patterns created by a flock of birds is an example of an emergent behavior of a system. Copyrighted image by Brian Robert Marshall, reuse allowed under Creative Commons license. Originally uploaded in Integrate:Teaching for Sustainability.

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